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15972200

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
High-intensity focused ultrasound (US), or HIFU, treatment of soft tissues has been shown to result in a hyperechoic region in B-mode US images. We report on detecting cavitation in vivo in correlation with the appearance of a hyperechoic region. The US system consisted of a HIFU transducer (3.3 MHz), a broadband A-mode transducer for active and passive cavitation detection and an US-imaging probe that were all confocal and synchronized. HIFU, at in situ intensities of 220 to 1710 W/cm(2), was applied for 10 s to pig muscles in vivo. Active and passive cavitation detection results showed a strong correlation between the onset of cavitation and the appearance of a hyperechoic region. Passive cavitation detection results showed that inertial cavitation typically occurred prior (within 0.5 s) to the appearance of a hyperechoic region. The observed cavitation activity confirms that bubbles are present during the formation of a hyperechoic region at the HIFU focus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0301-5629
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
947-56
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Hyperecho in ultrasound images of HIFU therapy: involvement of cavitation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article